Improvement in watering devices for railroads



PATENT OFFICE DANFORTH CHENEY, OF BROOKFIELD, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATERING DEVICES FOR RAILROADS.

Specliication forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,991, dated December19, 1871.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, DANFORTH CHENEY, of Brookfield, in the county of Linnand State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Watering Devicefor Railroads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specication, in which- Figurel represents a side elevation partly in section of my improved wateringdevice for railroads. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse section ofthedischarge-pipe taken on the plane ofthe line x ns, Fig. l.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new water-crane for supplyin g locomotiveson railroad tracks, and consists in a novel arrangement of parts wherebythe discharge-pipe is double-j ointed and extensible. The crane is to beset up between two tracks, and can be swung to either side to be used.The invention consists in a new construction of universal joint` for theweighted discharge-pipe, and in a new manner of making said pipeeXtensible, and packing the joint; also, in a new gen` eral combinationof parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A in the drawing represents a stand-pipe set up rmly between two tracks,and connected at its lower end with a suitable supply-pipe leading to areservoir. Its upper end terminates in a hollow column, B. C is a valvesuspended within the stand pipe by a rod, a, from a weighted lever, D,which is pivoted to the top of the column A. The valve C is, by theweight I) of the lever D, held against its seat, c, within the pipe A,but can be opened by pulling a cord, d, which connects with the lever.The valve-chamber d has a cap, e, on one side, which can be removed whenthe valve is to be reached. From the pipe A projects above the valve ahorizontal pipe, E, with downward-bent knees f at the end. In line withthe central axis of the knee f is secured in the top of the pipe E apin, g, which serves as a pivot for a bent strap or plate, F. The lowerend of this strap is slotted to receive an eye-bolt, h, whose lower endis pivoted to the dischargepipe G. The inner end oi this pipe has anupward-bent knee, t". The pipe G can be swung on the pivot oi theeye-bolt into a horizontal position, so that the open ends of the kneesf and i come together, as in Fig. l. In this position the device is usedto supply the water from the reservoir to the engine by drawing open thevalve C. The contiguous ends ot the pipes E G are so shaped that onewill t into the other, and securely packed as at j, in Fig. l. On thepin g the pipe G can also swing horizontally to project to either sideand supply engines on either track. The pipe G, when not used, is swungup as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 by means of a weight, H, withwhich its outer end is connected by a rope, I. This rope is with one endsecured to the back of the strap F, passed then down through a smalltube, o, in the pipe I, then up over a pulley, p, on a bracket ot' thecolumn B, and is finally secured to a rod, r, which projects from theinner part of the pipe G toward the outer end. The weight H hangs looseon the rope between o and p. Whenever the pipe G is swung aside,together with the strap F, the weight will have the tendency to swing itback again, so as to bring the end of the strap again over the tube o.The pipe G is made eXtensiblethat is to say, in two parts, 7c and If.The outer part Zts around k, which contains at the ends an elasticpacking, funnel-shaped ring or pipe, m, to keep the 'joint tight. rllheouter pipe Z is slotted, and is guided in its longitudinal motion by abolt or pin, n, which projects from the pipe 7c through the slot. Therod i is fastened to k, and projects forward so as to clear l, as shown.When the device is to be used the pipe G is swung into a horizontalposition und to one side, and then the valve G is opened. When not usedthe pipe G is swung midway between the tracks and into an uprightposition by the weight H. The horizontal pipe E with the downward-bentknee f connected to the adjustable discharge-pipe G by the pin, strap,or plate F and eye-bolt, and operated by the weight and pulleys, can beattached directly to the side or bottom of a reservoir instead of thestand-pipe A for taking water on a single track.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The pipe G, made longitudinally extensible,

rope I, pulley p, tube o, strap F, and Weight H, All arranged as setforth.

DANFORTH CHENEY.

Witnesses: i

J. ARMSTRONG, JAMES M. GILsoN. (118)

